What to do with our apples? I have become a cookery writer, a role not totally suited to me as I know next to nothing about cooking. Still … Last week I mentioned the bucket of apples from our garden Sue had...
Archive - August 2017
fruganomicsZero-Wasting My Life #4 – I Make My Own Lemon Drink
Plastic-free organic lemon squash – the secret My issue today is what to do about the plastic bottle our squash comes in. When the kids were young we used to make our own lemon squash from our lemon tree...
Paintings From Recycled Plastic
While in the ancient Roman port of Caesaria we came across Artnova. Artnova make green art, soft paintings from recycled plastics. I was amazed at how soft the fabric was – and of course how beautiful the...
Eco-Kibbutzim: Bringing Biblical Animals Back To Life
During my trip to Israel I’ve found a kibbutz where rare animals mentioned in the Bible are being reintroduced into their natural environment. The original kibbutzim were highly regarded in the West and...
An Israeli Solar Farm Keeps a 3000-Year-Old Biblical Law
Being 60% desert Israel has a lot of solar energy to share. There is no doubt that having few natural “fossil fuel” energy resources encouraged Israel to develop solar technologies and has led to...
How An Arid Desert Land Now Exports Water
I am vacationing in Israel for ten days, so why not take the opportunity to write about some of the interesting environmental initiatives over here? I’m going to start with water conservation and supply, a subject...
8 Great Eco-Blogs Too Good To Miss
Today I’ve decided to do a round-up of some eco-blogs I love the look of, and a few I just couldn’t leave out. Treading my own path – names like this appeal to me. Various great ideas from Perth...